I am married to the most wonderful man who I've known more years than I have not! We recently celebrated our 41 years of marriage.Our oldest son is our business partner. We farm in Mexico, growing papaya, honeydew and person-size watermelon. We travel back and forth to Mexico to take care of our business. This son is married and has two children. He lives in Mexico to oversee the business.Our middle son works for Clinical Pathology Lab. His wife is a doctor and recently opened her cosmetic dermatology clinic in Houston.Our youngest son is a realtor in McAllen, Texas, near where we live. He loves his work and his business is steadily growing.We lived in Mexico for three years to get our farming operation going. It was an exciting time for us!My hobbies are genealogy, home decorating and cooking. I love blogging!I am so very blessed to have a loving family... not only the family my husband and I created, but also my family of friends.Fall and winter months are when I enjoy blogging the most. Seasons change and I love keeping up with the change in my home.I have had some amazing experiences with my faith in Christ and I truly feel that God is always with me. I try to live my life the way God would have me live it.

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Sunday, November 28, 2010

Sometimes we discard recipes.. or cookbooks. They're not so fashionable anymore, we are tired of them, maybe they are not considered healthy by today's standards.I almost threw out an old cookbook that someone had given me years ago. It was a church cookbook. You know the type... a fundraiser cookbook.Mind you, I am a collector of cookbooks and to say I may have 300+... well,I simply cannot bring myself to confess how many I truly have. This sort ofcookbook is my favorite. It's more down to earth, home style cooking, not so gourmet if you know what I mean.I decided at the last minute that this cookbook deserved a second chance so I took it to our deer lease. It is usually the only place where I make dessert. There is always such a willing and eager audience of hungry hunters out there. Frankly, they'll eat anything!So I was looking for something to make out there and quickly found this recipe called "Oatmeal Cake". Sounded interesting and I had all of the ingredients... except for margarine which I do not use. Buttah is bettah! Right? So, okay... I have it all ready to go in the oven when I realized there was no temperature nor baking time for this recipe. Remember it is a hands-on church cookbook. Proofing was not on the priority list I guess. But, oh well... I put it in a 325 degree oven for about 25 minutes and it came out great. I think it is one of the most delicious cakes I've ever eaten. And with oatmeal in it... well, it's almost a health food, right??It was a total hit! Give it a try when you need a bit of "health food".

I googled "cockles" and found it was a saltwater clam or a pucker as in a girl puckering her lips. So I guess we will pucker up our lips and try your wonderful sounding recipe. My mother-in-law taught me to cook and when I would ask her how much of something, she would always answer me "a pinch or a tad". I've picked up her ways! Ha! Thanks for the recipe. The "old timey" recipe books are always good! I'm certainly going to try this one. Sounds real good.

I have no clue about "Cockles" but the cake sounds delicious! I don't like oatmeal but love oatmeal cookies:) I know, I am weird! Enjoy your Monday my friend! Hope it will be a good one where you live! HUGS!

This is one of my favorite cakes...and I made it when my son and his family visited this summer! I did use less sugar though and it came out just as good! It's definitely on my list of comfort foods! ♥

I love old fashioned things.... hello Karen... I really enjoyed reading your About Me... so true and simple soul...Your cake sound very tasty... may be I try soon...Can you please spare a little bit of your time for my new post, its something different I hope you enjoyedhttp://craftaworld.blogspot.com/LoveFarah